Gator's Blog: My Beef With Baseball

I have a lot of beefs with Major League Baseball, but my latest one is more of an observation.

Why is it that if a batter scorches a ground ball to shortstop or third base and the play is completed to an out that it then quickly sent back to the pitcher for the next at bat. But, if the pitcher skips one in the dirt, the umpire immediately demands the ball be replaced and thus a new Spalding is tossed back to the mound?

I don't get it, I mean why do they have to go through a hundred baseballs in a single game? What's the difference between a ground ball and one that's skipped? Why can you sweat like a pig and wipe your brow, but you can't spit on a baseball? Is it magic saliva? And what about rain?

Keep an eye out for it next time and let me know if you're as perplexed by it as I am.

Go Tigers!